Designation:F2706−08(Reapproved2014)StandardTestMethodsforOccipital-CervicalandOccipital-Cervical-ThoracicSpinalImplantConstructsinaVertebrectomyModel1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF2706;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thesetestmethodscoverthematerialsandmethodsforthestaticandfatiguetestingofoccipital-cervicalandoccipital-cervical-thoracicspinalimplantassembliesinavertebrectomymodel.Thetestmaterialsformostcombinationsofoccipital-cervicalandoccipital-cervical-thoracicspinalimplantcompo-nentscanbespecificdependingontheintendedlocationandintendedmethodofattachment.1.2Thesetestmethodsareintendedtoprovideabasisforthemechanicalcomparisonamongpast,present,andfutureoccipital-cervicalandoccipital-cervical-thoracicspinalim-plantassemblies.Theyallowcomparisonofoccipital-cervicalandoccipital-cervical-thoracicspinalimplantconstructswithdifferentmethodsofapplicationtothespine.Thesetestmethodsarenotintendedtodefinelevelsofperformance,sincesufficientknowledgeisnotavailabletopredicttheconse-quencesoftheuseofaparticulardevice.1.3Thesetestmethodssetoutguidelinesforloadtypesandmethodsofapplyingloads.Methodsforthreestaticloadtypesandtwofatiguetestsforthecomparativeevaluationofoccipital-cervicalandoccipital-cervical-thoracicspinalim-plantassembliesaredefined.1.4Thesetestmethodsestablishguidelinesformeasuringdisplacements,determiningtheyieldload,andevaluatingthestiffnessandstrengthofoccipital-cervicaloroccipital-cervical-thoracicspinalimplantassemblies.1.5Itmaynotbepossibletotestsomeoccipital-cervicalandsomeoccipital-cervical-thoracicspinalconstructsinalltestconfigurations.1.6ThevaluesstatedinSIunitsaretoberegardedasstandard.Nootherunitsofmeasurementareincludedinthisstandard.1.7Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany...
